Showing posts with label Kent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kent. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Stamford (Lincs) Map

Hand-drawn map of Stamford, Lincs.  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Hand-lettering, later comped in by computer  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Bath Row detail  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander

It wouldn’t be a ‘Gander’ without a fisherman...  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
 
Traditional Lincolnshire specialities  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Equestrian cartouche with a couple of riders that look suspiciously like my wife and her friend Liz  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander


A nod to Monopoly’s icons, Water lane  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander


Mallard Court detail  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
 
A woeful melon, perambulating down ‘Melancholy Walk’  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander


Our Liz, walking down ‘Queen’s Walk’  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander

Map of Canterbury, Kent


© Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Brewer slaking the thirsts of Canterbury dwellers  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander

A medieval picture wouldn’t be complete without a wild hog and cow
© Peter Gander/Have a Gander


I had to get a fish or two in there  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander

Canterbury’s Coat of Arms  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander

A potential husband displays his owl, (as you do), to a Kentish maiden
© Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Beer cart in ‘Beer Cart Lane’ (possibly off to The Foundry Brewpub, perhaps).
© Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Cockerel  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
I do love a corvid. © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Obligatory fish  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Farmhouse  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander
Maiden  © Peter Gander/Have a Gander

Tannery. When I was a student at Canterbury in the early 80s, you could smell the tannery from afar. It’s now long gone.
© Peter Gander/Have a Gander







Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Kent University Philanthropy Map

The paper
‘Scratch’, ‘dip’, or ‘quill’ pen.

I don’t like sketching out in pencil first, I prefer to dive in with ink. Riskier but a more enjoyable and spontaneous/natural line results.









A scant pencil crosshair is enough for me to work out the composition on this trick circle.











Have a Gander were recently commissioned to provide a hand-drawn map for local University of Kent at Canterbury. The map features on the inside cover flap of a book on Philanthropic Gifts to the university over the past 50 years. Work-in-progress ink and watercolour work on ‘The Langton’ 300gsm ‘Grain Fin’ paper.

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Colman’s Mustard jar, my favourite















Colman’s Mustard. No manly food should do without it. As they used to say themselves ‘Meat needs mustard’. An iconic design and personal favourite of mine, drawn in scratch pen and acrylic ink with watercolour on 300gsm The Langton’ Grain Fin’ paper. Warhol had his Campbell’s, my muse is mustard. Email me if you’d like to give a similar original as a present headlined with ‘(insert name)’s favourite’, to a loved one - maybe a jar of their favourite marmalade, a bottle of beer or wine, or even a pair of Converse, anything goes. petergander@gmail.com

Illustration for upcoming 'Lake District Map'

Hand-drawn in brush pen with digital colour.  © Peter Gander